Eriophorum Alpinum Linnaeus, p. 165

37. Eriophorum Alpinum Linnaeus

Syn. E. Hudsonianum, Mixhx. Trichophorum alpinum Ph. T. Hudsonianum Nutt.

Spike solitary, small, ovate terminal; scales somewhat coriaceous, keeled; bristles 6 crisped; sheaths at the base of the culm with a short awl-shaped leaf. Culms 6 to 10 inches high growing in a row from a running root-stock, acutely triangular scabrous, naked, except near the base. Flowers in May.

Cold swamps. Michigan and About Lake Superior. Extends eastward to N. England. A native also of Europe.

Env: NE!